HARRISBURG — Reps. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) and Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) have authored a letter to Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor requesting an audit of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Division of Vital Records. The division is responsible for the issuance and oversight of birth and death records in the Commonwealth.
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced today that fire and ambulance companies in the 65th Legislative District will collectively receive $543,382 in state grants to support their public safety mission.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the governor’s budget address today:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, penned a letter to Dr. Mehmet Oz asking him to expedite the release of federal funding in the wake of another rural hospital ending inpatient labor and delivery services.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced today two bills to add two rare diseases to Pennsylvania’s Newborn Screening Program have unanimously cleared the committee.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) issued this statement following House passage of a General Appropriations bill for the 2025-26 fiscal year:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the committee’s hearing on Pennsylvania’s Newborn Screening Program:
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced her bill to create the Rural Health Care Grant Program in Pennsylvania unanimously passed the Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following a party-line vote to re-refer Senate Bill 9, also known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, out of the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee:
YOUNGSVILLE — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) today announced the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) has approved Youngsville Borough’s request for a low-interest loan of $2.19 million to fund a key infrastructure project.
HARRISBURG —Yesterday, House Democrats pushed through House Bill 1330, which is their spending plan for the Commonwealth for Fiscal Year 2025-26. Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), issued the following statement in response:
WARREN — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced Warren, Forest and Crawford counties will receive a combined $123,000 in impact fees from the natural gas industry. In addition, the municipalities in the 65th Legislative District will receive an additional $30,000.
WHAT: Event to celebrate June as “Life Month” in Pennsylvania and to mark the third year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, on June 24, 2022, effectively ruling there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. There will also be educational booths on life in the Main Capitol Rotunda from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, voted against a bill to increase government involvement in health care transactions.
HARRISBURG — Joining over 180 pro-life legislators from 49 states, Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, sent a letter to members of Congress encouraging them to stop the flow of American tax dollars toward the abortion industry. According to its last annual report, Planned Parenthood alone took the lives of nearly 400,000 babies and received almost $700 million – nearly $2 million a day – from taxpayers in just one year.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, joined each Republican member of the committee in voting against House Bill 1200, a measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced today the committee has unanimously approved a bill that would expand upon the existing Cancer Drug Repository Program to allow both health care facilities and individuals to donate prescription drugs to the program.
HARRISBURG, March 19 – Republican and Democratic chairs of the House Health Committee Kathy Rapp and Dan Frankel joined forces Wednesday to celebrate the passage of legislation aimed at reducing health care disparities in rural areas by providing grants to health care facilities for the payment of health care workers’ education debt.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced today her bill to provide financial incentives to recruit rural health care providers has passed the House. House Bill 157 would create the Rural Health Care Grant Program, which would allow specified facilities, including rural hospitals, to help certain providers in paying off their student loans.
WARREN — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has awarded $314,000 to replace a bridge in the 65th Legislative District.
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